Foldable bag



M. STECKLER FOLDABLE BAG July 2, 1929.

ATTORNEYS M. sTEqkLE July 2, 1929.

IFOLDABDE BAG Filed Nov. 17, 192'; 2 S heetS-Sheet 2 VINVENTOR M E STEC BY &'

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20mm me.

- Application filed Iovember 1?, 921. Serial no, :zaam.

ed positions to alter the size carrying capacity of the bag.

ble material which. may be readi y folded and to arrange suitable fastening means at various laces on the bag in such manner that di erent sections of the bag ma be folded and secured in position to vary 0th the depth and width thereof.

The above and other objects Wlll appear more clearly from the following detail description, when taken in connection w1th the accompanyin drawings, wh1ch illustrate a preferred em diment of the inventlve idea.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the bag constructed in accordance with the invention, showing it in its completely unfolded condition' Figure 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fi ure 1; 1 I igure 3 is a fragmentary vlew, part1 80 broken away, illustrating a coin purse WhlG mziy be secured in the bag;

igure 4 is a view slmi'lar to Flgure 1, showing the ha in partly folded position with the width t ereof decreased;

Fi re 5 is a similar view of the bag complete y folded;

Figure 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Figure 4; and

Figure 7 is a section on the hue 77 of Figure 5.

The bag of the present invention is made of any suitable flexible material which can be easily folded and which will resist any tendency to crack or break along the folding lines. The bag is one wh1ch is more especially adapted for shop ing urposes, as when marketing, and can ma e in various slzes. e v

The body ofthe bag is preferably made from a single length of material which is folded upon itself along a transverse lme to constitute the two walls 8 and 9 the ver-' tical edges of which are stitched or otherwise secured together while said transverse line forms the bottom edge of the body. At

Another object is to provide a ba of flexialthough it will be understood that other fastening means may be employed, if dewall 9 in each of the end sections is engaged the top or' open 'end' of the body the walls thereof are provided, respectively, with the exterior flaps 10 and 11, while secured to the interior of the walls medially of the vertical edges of the body are the handles 13. A 60 com purse '14 mayalso be secured to one of the walls adjacent the open end of the body,

as shown in Figure 3.

In accordance with the present invention it is proposed to provide means whereby sections of the bag may be folded and securdd in such positions as to vary the size theredf. Said means are Freferably in the form of snap fasteners o the stud and socket type,

sired, without departing from the spirit or sco e of the invention.

p or purposes of folding, the body of the bagnis divided into end sections 15 and 16 de ed by the vertical folding lines 17 and 18, respectively, and into top and bottom sec tions 19 and 20 defined by the medial horizontal folding line 21. 'When it is desired to decrease the size of the bag as to width but retain the same depth, the end sections 15 and 16 are folded on the lines 17 and 18 to the position shown in Figure 4 and a pair of socket members 22 carried by the with associated pairs of stud members 23 certain of which are secured to the wall 9 adjacent the bottom thereof while the others are fastened to the flap 11.

Should it be desired to further decrease the size of the bag the bottom section 20 thereof, including the lower portions of the end sections 15 and 16, is fo ded over upon the' line 21 from the position shown in Figure 4 to that shown in Figure 5, the corners of the bottom section being tucked under the ends of the flap 10 which carry the socket members 24. The wall 8 carries a pair of stud members 25 with which the socket members 24 are engaged to secure the corners of the bottom section under the ends of the flap 10. The bag is now reduced to its smallest size and may be unfolded to its larger sizes by reversing the operation just described.

' What is claimed is:

A foldable'ba'g comprising a body having opposed walls and an open end, flaps extending along the exterior of said walls at said open end, said body further including end sections foldable upon vertical lines neath the other of said flaps, and cooperatupon one of said walls cooperating fastening fasteners carried by the latter flap and ers carried by one of sand Walls and its assolts assoelatcd Wall for securing said bottom 10 oiated flap for securing said end sections in section in folded position.

folded position, said hag further including In testimony whereof I have afiixed my a bottom section foldable on a horizontal line slgnature.

with the corners of said section insertable be- MOE STECKLER. 

